what's golden

Friday, May 18, 2012

(I sent this to myself on 5/11/06. Stumbling upon it 6 years later, I still wish them.)

These Are My Wishes For You

May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism. Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone.

May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.

May the teachings of those you admire become part of you, so that you may call upon them. Remember, those whose lives you have touched and who have touched yours are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you would have wished. It is the content of the encounter that is more important than its form.

May you not become too concerned with material matters, but instead place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart. Find time in each day to see beauty and love in the world around you. Realize that what you feel you lack in one regard you may be more than compensated for in another. What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths in the future.

May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility. Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience.

May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by yourself, and not be dependent on another's judgment of your accomplishments.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

i was going through my external hard drive into files i used to have in college and a word doc entitled "better luck tomorrow quotes" was there.

here's what was inside:

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble. Sidney J. Harris

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. Edna St. Vincent Millay

When in doubt, tell the truth. Mark Twain

The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it. Al Batt

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. Anatole France

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. C. P. Snow

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. Don Marquis

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. James Gordon, M.D.

We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald

A mind too active is no mind at all. Theodore Roethke

This file was last modified on 07/04/2003. I'm vaguely remembering checking out the BLT website and maybe these were the quotes in a flash intro? Either way... I didn't end up watching this movie until much later -- the monday after PCN 2004 actually.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

How to be Smarter: The quickest way to discover new music: switch iPods with someone else for a week. If you don’t want to switch for that long, just ask if you can borrow their iPod for a run.

How to be Prettier: Make it an automatic habit when you’re hand-washing to smile into the mirror to make sure nothing is stuck in your teeth.

How to be (less) Awkward: The same way you can talk yourself into feeling pressured and uncomfortable ['if this conversation-starter fails I will have ruined this potential relationship'], you can also talk yourself into being outgoing and fearless ['I can contribute interesting things to a conversation and I am not afraid to speak with someone new'].